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South Park High School, Lincoln

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The headmistresses of the school, and Lincoln Girls High School both found difficulty in 1947 in getting enough qualified staff. A new headmistress was appointed in March 1955, 39 year old Miss Margaret Joan Widdowson, the deputy head of Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School for Girls in
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In 1937, new buildings and a swimming pool block were built by William Wright and Sons Ltd of Lincoln, costing £43,690 and £6584 for the pool. The new buildings were officially opened on Friday 14 October 1938 by Principal H. A. S. Wortley;
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During 1937 for three terms, there was an experiment where homework was done after school hours, and not at home. It was found that unsatisfactory work was often done. It was found that anxiety to get home for tea, and fatigue were caused.
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By April 1988 the school had gone from a girls' grammar school with an excellent record in 1974, to a coeducational comprehensive facing closure. It was planned to close in September 1989.
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The school was closed on Thursday 27 July 1989 due to falling numbers. South Park had been originally intended for 200 pupils, however, by the time it closed its size had reached 900.
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attended a meeting at the school on Wednesday 24 September 1941. In April 1944 English teacher Miss A Burtt was appointed the headmistress of
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Extensions were added in 1962 to allow for 560 girls. In April 1967 the school entered the second heat of BBC1's Science Fair '67 against
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It became co-educational in September 1974. There were extensions between 1974 and 1977. Miss Widdowson retired in July 1980.
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Another girls' grammar school in the city was Christ's Hospital Girls' High School, which became
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Bavister), Professor of Materials Processing from 2002-17 at the
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The school had originally opened in May 1922 as an all-girls
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opened in 1922 and closed in 1989, was a secondary school in
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Lincoln, England
grammar school
East Grinstead
RAF Scampton
Nettleham
James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
Rab Butler
President of the Board of Education
Brigg Girls' High School
Mansfield
Henry Hurd Swinnerton
University College Nottingham
Edith Clara Batho
Nottingham High School
Gateway School
Leicester
Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton
Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
The Lincoln School of Science and Technology
Category:People educated at South Park High School, Lincoln

Helen Atkinson
University of Leicester
Jane Eaglen
Diana Green
Sheffield Hallam University
Rosemary Horrox
History
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Karen Lee

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